Headless torso of missing reporter Kim Wall found in Danish waters

Prosecutors say Peter Madsen killed Kim Wall after she went to interview him, then dismembered her and threw her remains into the sea from where several parts have been retrieved

Prosecutors say Peter Madsen killed Kim Wall after she went to interview him, then dismembered her and threw her remains into the sea from where several parts have been retrieved (AFP Photo/Tom WALL)

Stockholm (AFP) - The headless torso of a woman found at sea was identified Wednesday as a Swedish journalist who likely died aboard a Danish inventor's homemade submarine.

In a grisly case that has gripped the nation and drawn parallels with Nordic Noir detective fiction, Danish police confirmed they had made a positive identification of the body, which was found on Monday.

"The DNA of the torso matches that of Kim Wall," Copenhagen police announced on Twitter.

Danish inventor Peter Madsen has been accused of the negligent manslaughter of the 30-year-old reporter who went to interview him aboard his 60-foot (18-metre) submarine on August 10.

She has not been seen since.

- Blood in the sub -

The torso, whose head and limbs were deliberately cut off, was found on in Koge Bay, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of Copenhagen, police say.

It also bore injuries which appeared to suggest that air had been forced out of it, Copenhagen homicide chief Jens Moller Jensen told a news conference.